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All the ideas for 'Phenomenalism', 'Postscripts on supervenience' and 'Extrinsic Properties'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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Supervenience is not a dependence relation, on the lines of causal, mereological or semantic dependence [Kim]

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Supervenience is just a 'surface' relation of pattern covariation, which still needs deeper explanation [Kim]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

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Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

2614	Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

2615	The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer]